Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt
Whitelaw Reid sends the merits of Gist Blair for a Court of Claims Judgeship.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1902-05-30
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Letter from Dean Sage to Theodore Roosevelt
Dean Sage sends President Roosevelt Salmon & Trout of The Sportsman’s Library.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1902-05-30
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Translation of Article 23 and 24 of July 1896 treaty between Bolivia and Brazil
“Translation of Article 23 of the Treaty signed July 31, 1896, by representatives of Bolivia and Brasil, but not ratified by the Brasilian Congress, and now withdrawn because Bolivia has made the Aramayo Contract.” Article 24 of the same treaty is translated on page 2.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1902-05-14
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Letter from the City of Buffalo Merchants’ Exchange to Theodore Roosevelt
The City of Buffalo Merchants’ Exchange recommends George Clinton, a Buffalo lawyer for appointment to the international commission on lake levels of the Great Lakes.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1902-05-14
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Letter from John Grant to the Editor
John Grant was removed from the United States Marshals Service by President Roosevelt and would like the Editor to publish his defense. He feels that this defense is politically important for the Southern states. He wants the entire letter published, and tells the editor not to publish the letter in part.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-14
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Letter from Francis E. Leupp to George B. Cortelyou
Emmett J. Scott, the secretary of Booker T. Washington, has a message to convey to President Roosevelt. Francis E. Leupp asks George B. Cortelyou to arrange a meeting between Roosevelt and Scott so that he may relay a message “without the tampering presence of strangers.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-14
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Enclosure 3 with #430: Letter from Claudio Pinilla to Olynthe de Magalhaes
Dr. Pinilla lays out the Bolivian point of view on a potential treaty with Brazil pertaining to the Acre territory. There is concern over some provisions of a new commercial and territorial treaty that Brazil supports. Brazilian interests in the Acre Territory threaten Bolivia in some ways. There is the possibility of a private police force that has Brazilians worried, but Pinilla tried to make the Brazilians comfortable that any force would be under the control of the Bolivian government. He promises the protection of any Brazilian citizens already living in the area under question. Pinilla points out that Bolivia has never attempted to take a foot of foreign territory and that there has already been a joint survey as to the border between Javary and Madeira.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1902-05-14
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Enclosure 4 with #430: Letter from Claudio Pinilla to Olynthe de Magalhaes
Claudio Pinilla has some questions regarding commercial relations and alterations to a treaty of July 2, 1896, between Brazil and Bolivia. The Brazilian government is threatening to withdraw from the previous treaty.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-14
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Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt
A debate is underway about providing electric lights for Cove Neck Road, the location of President Roosevelt’s home, Sagamore Hill. Emlen Roosevelt is against the project. He believes the president of the light company wants lights for his house and that the running of electricity up Cove Neck, with the cost charged to property owners along the road, will save him part of the expense. The dogwood is in blossom at Oyster Bay. He enjoyed a recent visit from Anna Roosevelt Cowles and her family.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-14
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Telegram from William II to Theodore Roosevelt
In honor of the cordial welcome given to his brother, Prince Heinrich, by the citizens of the United States, and the long history of friendship between the two nations, Emperor William II wishes to present a bronze statue of King Frederick II to be placed at a site in Washington, D.C.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-14
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Letter from William Dudley Foulke to Theodore Roosevelt
William Dudley Foulke is writing to ask President Roosevelt for instruction on how to respond to an item in the New York Times. Foulke argues that if the enclosure is like the full report, there can be a humorous and instructive lesson.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-15
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Letter from Wilbur L. Davidson to Theodore Roosevelt
Wilbur L. Davidson is writing to thank President Roosevelt for laying the cornerstone for the McKinley Memorial Ohio College of Government. He believes that Roosevelt’s appearance and the press coverage will permit the easy raising of funds needed for the project. American University will stand for Methodism, Protestantism, and Americanism.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-15
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Letter from William C. Johnson to Theodore Roosevelt
William C. Johnson, who attended the church where President Roosevelt took his first communion as a child, asks if the President would donate funds towards an addition on the church he now attends in Paterson, New Jersey. Johnson urges such a donation, based on the fact that Roosevelt still attends the Dutch Reformed Church in Washington and that Johnson is the Sunday School Superintendent at the First Reformed Church in New Jersey.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-15
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Letter from Paul Jones to Theodore Roosevelt
Paul Jones writes President Roosevelt to say he will dine with him any night he chooses in the next week.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-15
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Letter from William Cary Sanger to George B. Cortelyou
Assistant Secretary of War Sanger thanks George B. Cortelyou for notifying him that the horses he was interested in are at the White House. However, he has decided not to buy the horse so the President can send back the horse he does not want.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-15
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Letter from John Lowndes McLaurin to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator McLaurin writes to ask President Roosevelt to not consider him for any federal appointments as any position given him would seem like a reward for his switching to the Republican party. He has also been considered for federal appointments before and failed to receive them so he does not wish to fail again. He points out that he has several friends that have recommended him for the position on the Court of Claims and that his speech distancing himself from the Democratic Party occurred before his attempt at the office. McLaurin understands that his time in the Senate is short.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-15
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Johnstone foresaw it
Paul Alexander Johnstone, a “celebrated seer,” predicted in 1899 that Eugene F. Ware would receive high office. The prediction came true with Ware’s appointment as Commissioner of Pensions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04
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Memorandum regarding the launching of Kaiser Wilhelm’s yacht
Rhinegold Champagne was not used at the christening of the Meteor, Kaiser Wilhelm’s yacht; President Roosevelt wants to make sure it is used from now on when the next battleships are christened, “if proper.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-15
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Message from Emperor William and the President’s reply
The German Emperor’s message and the President’s reply are not to be made available to the press until the President so directs. In a second hand, a note asks, “In view of the publication of the correspondence…Shall Secy. of State send over a special message?”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-15
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Summary of letter from Francis Lynde Stetson
Francis Lynde Stetson has nothing to add to his previous statement that A. H. Green is not a suitable candidate for appointment to the international commission to report on the diversion of waters between the United States and Canada.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-04